http://cottonduck.net Cotton Duck Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:26:05 +0000 http://cottonduck.net en http://www.cottonduck.net/Thrift-SCORE http://www.cottonduck.net/following/cottonduck.net/Thrift-SCORE Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:26:05 +0000 Cotton Duck 84988 Some thrifting luck! Found these amazing badass boots today, and they fit like a glove. No clue about make and such, markings on the soles are all worn down, and what's still there is from the new soles that have been put up, inside only has some numbers. I assume biking boots, most likely military. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1509062646_2abe20da76_o_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1509062646_2abe20da76_o_o.jpg" data-mid="364759" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1508206317_1d400fb439.jpg" width="375" height="500" width_o="375" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1508206317_1d400fb439_o.jpg" data-mid="364755" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1509062954_11200a9438.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1509062954_11200a9438_o.jpg" data-mid="364761" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1509063908_60a128bc55.jpg" width="375" height="500" width_o="375" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1509063908_60a128bc55_o.jpg" data-mid="364762" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1509061734_88eccf9ec0.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1509061734_88eccf9ec0_o.jpg" data-mid="364756" border="0" align="left"/> sole isn't in the best condition and there's a pretty big cut on the left shoe which has been repaired. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1509062076_fb82e76e89.jpg" width="375" height="500" width_o="375" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/84988/1509062076_fb82e76e89_o.jpg" data-mid="364757" border="0" align="left"/> best representation of the colour, can't figure out if they've originally been black or deep brown. I'll send these off to the cobbler, see if he can say anything about them. Some thrifting luck! Found these amazing badass boots today, and they fit like a glove. No clue about make and such, markings on the soles are all worn down, and... http://www.cottonduck.net/7163-custom-markings http://www.cottonduck.net/following/cottonduck.net/7163-custom-markings Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:25:59 +0000 Cotton Duck 69018 Mister Freedom himself doing custom work on the lower right leg of my 7163's <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/69018/2937197140_0f09e5cefe.jpg" width="500" height="333" width_o="500" height_o="333" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/69018/2937197140_0f09e5cefe_o.jpg" data-mid="293860" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/69018/2937197830_54d50091d3.jpg" width="500" height="333" width_o="500" height_o="333" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/69018/2937197830_54d50091d3_o.jpg" data-mid="293861" border="0" align="left"/> Photographs by Sidney Lo Mister Freedom himself doing custom work on the lower right leg of my 7163\'s Photographs by Sidney Lo http://www.cottonduck.net/Some-old-things-some-new-things http://www.cottonduck.net/following/cottonduck.net/Some-old-things-some-new-things Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:25:58 +0000 Cotton Duck 914304 Random images from the last couple of months. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0014527.JPG" width="500" height="666" width_o="500" height_o="666" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0014527_o.JPG" data-mid="4422196" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0014528.JPG" width="500" height="666" width_o="500" height_o="666" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0014528_o.JPG" data-mid="4422198" border="0" align="left"/> MFSC 7161MD's post wash at approx. a year of wear. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015292.JPG" width="600" height="800" width_o="600" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015292_o.JPG" data-mid="4422199" border="0" align="left"/> Antwerp Central Station, might as well be a spaceship docking bay. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015912_7.JPG" width="500" height="666" width_o="500" height_o="666" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015912_7_o.JPG" data-mid="4422343" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015921_8.JPG" width="500" height="666" width_o="500" height_o="666" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015921_8_o.JPG" data-mid="4422346" border="0" align="left"/> Herman Miller Eames LCM, scratched up by years and years of use, it's wear sped up by exposed back pocket rivets and cinch buckles. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015882.JPG" width="500" height="666" width_o="500" height_o="666" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015882_o.JPG" data-mid="4422204" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015908.JPG" width="500" height="666" width_o="500" height_o="666" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015908_o.JPG" data-mid="4422205" border="0" align="left"/> MFSC 7163's post wash, also at approx. a year of wear. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015847_4_905.JPG" width="800" height="602" width_o="800" height_o="602" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0015847_4_o.JPG" data-mid="4422675" border="0" align="left"/> Encountered this perfectly ratty looking WWII Jeep on my way to the office one day, next day it was gone. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0016377.JPG" width="600" height="800" width_o="600" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0016377_o.JPG" data-mid="4422210" border="0" align="left"/> Anonymous stool in the lovely country house on Mallorca where Miss Duck and I spent New Years. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0014232_905.JPG" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/914304/R0014232_o.JPG" data-mid="4423278" border="0" align="left"/> Cloth patch on my Rigid LVC 333's. (Note that as these are a sample, the stamped size is incorrect.) Random images from the last couple of months. MFSC 7161MD's post wash at approx. a year of wear. Antwerp Central Station, might as well be a spaceship docking... http://www.cottonduck.net/649777 http://www.cottonduck.net/following/cottonduck.net/649777 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:31:33 +0000 Cotton Duck 649777 "We think we're just buying a shirt, but actually, it's all information…" W. Gibson .permalink { display:none; } "We think we're just buying a shirt, but actually, it's all information…" W. Gibson http://www.cottonduck.net/Het-Verborgen-Verblijf http://www.cottonduck.net/following/cottonduck.net/Het-Verborgen-Verblijf Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:23:43 +0000 Cotton Duck 660315 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015420_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015420_o.jpg" data-mid="3084170" border="0" align="left"/> A little while ago Miss Duck and I found ourselves in the Dutch countryside in an effort to escape the city for a weekend. And an escape we got! Het Verborgen Verblijf (the UK equivalent of the concept is called "Country House Hideout" ) promised a stay in the style of the Great Explorers and Adventures of times past! In short this meant an encampment with a big ass tent smack in the middle of the woods with no warm water from the tab, no way to power your electrical devices, no gas for cooking and loads of mosquito's. While this might not sounds like a "relaxing time", the opposite proved to be true. It's a lot of fun to be able to get up in the morning, walk over to a chicken coop to grab some eggs after which you build a fire in the cooking cart opposite your tent to make some pancakes. Simple! What it reminded me most of was the concept of "Dude ranches". A popular way for "city folk" to experience life on farms and in the countryside which flourished in the US around the 20's-30's. But this time with some time traveling thrown in for good measure… <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015593_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015593_o.jpg" data-mid="3084197" border="0" align="left"/> Entrance to the tent with our bags in front of it. Traveling in style, for the occasion… <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015584_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015584_o.jpg" data-mid="3084190" border="0" align="left"/> A look in to the serious safari sized tent! Big enough to fit six, plus the option to set up an extra, two sized tent. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015581_23.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015581_23_o.jpg" data-mid="3167559" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015567_21.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015567_21_o.jpg" data-mid="3167557" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015565_20.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015565_20_o.jpg" data-mid="3167556" border="0" align="left"/> Wind-up gramophone and a odd but fun mix of old records, "discovery corner" with small library, microcope, field telephone (connected to both the bathroom and the outhouse!) drawing materials and a telescope. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015577_22.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015577_22_o.jpg" data-mid="3167558" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015368_7.jpg" width="375" height="500" width_o="375" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015368_7_o.jpg" data-mid="3167549" border="0" align="left"/>Kitchen in two parts, build a fire in either one of those metal boxes in the cookingcart, the box/stove heats up and "pancake-time!". The plate that connects both "stoves" gets so warm that it works ideal to keep things warm while others are still being prepared. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015305_2.jpg" width="375" height="500" width_o="375" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015305_2_o.jpg" data-mid="3167547" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015542_15.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015542_15_o.jpg" data-mid="3167552" border="0" align="left"/> The only two means of generating electricity, which was actually only used for the couple lamps in the tent, no electrical outlets = dead phone within the day. Roughly 45 mins on the bicycle would generate enough power to have light for a day. The alternative was hooking the tent's big-ass-battery on wheels onto the genuine steam engine and have it do the dirty work for you. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015537_14.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015537_14_o.jpg" data-mid="3167551" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015544_16.jpg" width="375" height="500" width_o="375" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015544_16_o.jpg" data-mid="3167553" border="0" align="left"/>Minimal but comfortable bedroom and a little away from the tent a traditional "outhouse"… <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015552_18.jpg" width="375" height="500" width_o="375" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015552_18_o.jpg" data-mid="3167555" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015548_17.jpg" width="375" height="500" width_o="375" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015548_17_o.jpg" data-mid="3167554" border="0" align="left"/>The bathroom was in a separate tent and had one of the most fun and rustic showers I've ever had the pleasure to use. For warm water for bathing one could simply take a lovely little barrel on wheels to a nearby shed and fill it up. Operated by cranking the lever back and fort, water gets pumped into a bucket with some holes and voila, shower! This worked wonderfully for simply taking a shower, but some serious dedication and back and forth walking between the water shed and our washroom tent was needed when we planned to actually fill up that giant barrel for a nice hot bath. So yea, in short: Good Times! Below some more snapshots I took. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015439_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015439_o.jpg" data-mid="3084172" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015445_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015445_o.jpg" data-mid="3084173" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015554_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015554_o.jpg" data-mid="3084182" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015296_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015296_o.jpg" data-mid="3084161" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015316.jpg" width="600" height="800" width_o="600" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015316_o.jpg" data-mid="3084163" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015328_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015328_o.jpg" data-mid="3084164" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015330_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015330_o.jpg" data-mid="3084167" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015334.jpg" width="600" height="800" width_o="600" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015334_o.jpg" data-mid="3084168" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015587_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015587_o.jpg" data-mid="3084192" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015432_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015432_o.jpg" data-mid="3084171" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015497_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015497_o.jpg" data-mid="3084174" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015528_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/660315/R0015528_o.jpg" data-mid="3084175" border="0" align="left"/> .permalink { display:none; } A little while ago Miss Duck and I found ourselves in the Dutch countryside in an effort to escape the city for a weekend. And an escape we got! Het Verborgen... http://www.cottonduck.net/Rock-N-Roll-D-day-2010 http://www.cottonduck.net/following/cottonduck.net/Rock-N-Roll-D-day-2010 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:44:01 +0000 Cotton Duck 463541 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/463541/RNR Dday buick_905.jpg" width="905" height="602" width_o="1024" height_o="682" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/463541/RNR Dday buick_o.jpg" data-mid="2083312" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/463541/RNR Dday LiLi_905.jpg" width="905" height="602" width_o="1024" height_o="682" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/463541/RNR Dday LiLi_o.jpg" data-mid="2083327" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/463541/RNR Dday_905.jpg" width="905" height="602" width_o="1024" height_o="682" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/463541/RNR Dday_o.jpg" data-mid="2083335" border="0" align="left"/> Three photo's I wanted to share, taken by Kenzo Soza (click for full set) at last Saturday's Rock 'N Roll D-day. It's the only event of it's kind in Amsterdam and it's nice to see how almost everyone attending makes an effort to look nice for the day. Live music, good company and cool cars make for an excellent day! The second and third pic stood out for me in how cinematic they are, they're non posed snaps and might as well be stills from a movie, they suggest that they're part of a longer story, and that's what I like about them. Accidentally (not really, heh...), I happen to be in one of them, and since this is the internet after all I figured I'd list what I'm wearing: - a fantastic, vintage purple velvet embroidered jacket that is worthy of a post of its own, a b-day gift from a close friend, I'm currently trying to find out more about it. It appears to bear the emblem of a military stunt team based out of Masushima Airbase in Japan. Funny enough Toyo did a reproduction of the embroidery on a Sukajan jacket. - a white crewneck under Tee out of a Uniqlo 3-pack - Warehouse sufu 660's - vintage military motorcycle boots Three photo's I wanted to share, taken by Kenzo Soza (click for full set) at last Saturday's Rock 'N Roll D-day. It's the only event of it's kind in Amsterdam and... http://www.cottonduck.net/LL-Bean-boots-update http://www.cottonduck.net/following/cottonduck.net/LL-Bean-boots-update Tue, 11 May 2010 04:18:02 +0000 Cotton Duck 127780 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127780/R0012697resized_905.jpg" width="900" height="675" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127780/R0012697resized_o.jpg" data-mid="548186" border="0" align="left"/> Going into their third winter of use with me I figured I'd share how they currently look, this is how they looked when I first got them. Not much has changed, they aged a bit and gotten dirtier. The grey stuff is actually some party muck that won't come off anymore. Going into their third winter of use with me I figured I\'d share how they currently look, this is how they looked when I first got them. Not much has changed,... http://www.cottonduck.net/Small-lot-of-French-brass-buttons http://www.cottonduck.net/following/cottonduck.net/Small-lot-of-French-brass-buttons Tue, 11 May 2010 04:17:59 +0000 Cotton Duck 127793 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127793/R0012594resized_905.jpg" width="900" height="675" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127793/R0012594resized_o.jpg" data-mid="548235" border="0" align="left"/> This lot of brass ring-back buttons had some real gems in it, the nicest of which I've already put on my MFSC Shore Coat (pics at a later time). Work and uniform jackets often came with these type of buttons so that one could easily change the standard ones for the ones supplied by the company they worked for or branch of military they were in. Included in this lot were some anchors, ordnance symbols, "pompiers" (fire brigade), as well as a bunch that seem to have been from a local university. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127793/R0012602resized.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127793/R0012602resized_o.jpg" data-mid="548237" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127793/R0012598resized.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127793/R0012598resized_o.jpg" data-mid="548236" border="0" align="left"/>The bomb with the flames coming out of it is the ordnance symbol, also note the small bomb and anchor on the back of the button on the right. I had never seen the small cross instead of the ring before, and while it looks very cool I must say it isn't as easy to use as the ring is. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127793/R0012604resized.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127793/R0012604resized_o.jpg" data-mid="548239" border="0" align="left"/> This lot of brass ring-back buttons had some real gems in it, the nicest of which I\'ve already put on my MFSC Shore Coat (pics at a later time). Work and uniform... http://www.cottonduck.net/French-military-dual-pronged-belt http://www.cottonduck.net/following/cottonduck.net/French-military-dual-pronged-belt Tue, 11 May 2010 04:17:52 +0000 Cotton Duck 127769 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127769/R0012683resized_905.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127769/R0012683resized_o.jpg" data-mid="548114" border="0" align="left"/> A belt I found on a French "Brocante". I'm not able to date it unfortunately, and can't find any markings on it either. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127769/R0012690resized.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127769/R0012690resized_o.jpg" data-mid="548116" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127769/R0012688resized.jpg" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127769/R0012688resized_o.jpg" data-mid="548115" border="0" align="left"/> A belt I found on a French \"Brocante\". I\'m not able to date it unfortunately, and can\'t find any markings on it either. http://www.cottonduck.net/New-Issue-MFSC-Gear http://www.cottonduck.net/following/cottonduck.net/New-Issue-MFSC-Gear Tue, 11 May 2010 04:17:48 +0000 Cotton Duck 127599 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127599/R0012618resized_905.jpg" width="900" height="675" width_o="900" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1253/127599/R0012618resized_o.jpg" data-mid="547477" border="0" align="left"/> Full review of each item will follow shortly. Full review of each item will follow shortly.